Breast cancer symptoms can vary from having lumps, swelling, skin changes to having no obvious symptoms at all. Non-cancerous symptoms may include an infection or a cyst. You should take early measures to detect unusual changes in your breasts to give yourself the best chance of detecting cancer early.
Instructions
Identify a Lump in a Breast
1. Conduct monthly breast self-exams starting at the age of 20. Do a self-exam about one week after the first day of your period because that is when your breasts are no longer swollen and tender due to hormonal changes.
2. Stand in front of a mirror with your arms placed on your sides. Look at your breasts for dimpling, puckering, changes in breast size and texture and inverted nipples.
3. Check for the same things, but this time with your hands on your hips, then your hands raised up with your palms pressed together above your head.
4. Lay down and place your left hand behind your head, and use your right hand to check your left breast. Place your middle three fingers at the 12 o'clock position and massage in a clockwise motion to check for lumps. Then using the same motion, check "hour by hour," feeling for any lumps in your breasts.
5. Repeat the clockwise motion for your right breast.
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